Qin Liuxi walked out of the main hall and saw Yu Changkong talking with Qing Yuan, so she approached them.
"What’s all settled?" Yu Changkong asked her with a smile.
Qin Liuxi nodded, "What are you doing here?"
Yu Changkong replied, "I was thinking, in the future, since I will also be a layman of Qingping Temple and learning the Dao from you, I might spend more time at the Daoist Temple. Thus, I thought of setting up two soul tablets for my parents here, which would also make it convenient to offer incense."
"That’s a good idea, place it under Grandmaster’s seat, they can also receive some incense offerings. Let Qing Yuan handle the carving of the soul tablets. Are there still some pieces of wood in the temple?" This last question was directed at Qing Yuan.
Qing Yuan thought to himself, how many wooden materials do we have in our temple? Do you not know this already? In the past, you were inactive, and even the number of believers coming to offer incense and incense oil decreased, let alone those who wanted to make soul tablets. Now, we’ve accumulated quite the stockpile of wood, enough to make dozens.
"Of course, we have wood, it depends on what type Mr. Yu would choose," Qing Yuan replied with a smile, each type priced differently.
Yu Changkong said, "Naturally, we need to pick the best ones." He paused, then added, "Uncle Qian visited the sculpting workshop for gods; the Grandmaster’s golden statue will be completed in a few days. Should we set up a separate altar for that? I wonder if we need an auspicious day, and who will preside over it?"
Golden statue completed?
Qin Liuxi and Qing Yuan exchanged glances, both showing a hint of joy in their eyes.
"We’ll find an auspicious day to set up the altar and have the Enlightenment, and invite some believers to attend. You handle the arrangements," Qin Liuxi said. "I will personally write to the old man and ask him to come back to preside over it. He’s been away for too long, it’s time he returned."
The golden statue is indeed a major event for the temple; it has to be a grand Law Field.
Qing Yuan said, "The number of believers and devotees is gradually increasing. It’s almost the end of the year, and more people are requesting us to conduct Daoist rituals. However, we have few Daoists at Qingping Temple, and sometimes it’s bustling more than we can handle. We need to invite more Daoist fellows to join us in the temple. Not to mention the ritual ceremony that needs people. If not, layman Buqiu, you..."
"When did I ever do that!" Qin Liuxi refused without a second thought. "I am frail, you’re not unaware. I handle diagnosing and drawing talismans, not to mention earning incense oil. You want me to perform the ritual ceremony, trying to work me to death? Impossible, shut down the temple instead!"
Asking her to handle the Daoist temple and ritual ceremony? Impossible! They’re complicated and troublesome, she won’t do it!
If they force her, she’ll revolt!
Seeing how rebellious she was, Qing Yuan choked back his words and gave her significant glances. At least put on an act in front of outsiders.
Qin Liuxi thought: What act? In front of outsiders, do you want to push me into doing more work?
Yu Changkong kept his gaze lowered, hiding the amusement in his eyes, and pretended not to see the two squabbling.
"The temple indeed has fewer Daoist friends, and from what I heard, every year-end, you distribute congee, give away medicine... A consistent yearly occurrence indeed requires more Daoist friends to hold the fort," Yu Changkong said.
Qin Liuxi said, "The Mystic Sect hasn’t been much renowned these years, and we barely find any capable Daoists coming to our temple. There are more people entering the Buddhist Sect. Let’s post a notice at the mountain gate to recruit Daoists, destined ones will naturally become fellow Daoists of Qingping Temple."
Qing Yuan thought the same.
Now that the number of devotees at Qingping Temple was growing and people were starting to stay at the temple, they really couldn’t spare anyone to help with tasks. Depending on Qin Liuxi, that lazy one, was out of the question unless she did something solid like crafting a few talismans which would already be doing them a favor.
Forcing her to do more might, indeed, provoke her to revolt against the Daoist Temple!
A little devil, untouchable.
She had to be pampered!